LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester announced on Thursday that the United States flag at the state capitol will fly at half-staff in memory of Charlie Kirk.
Jester confirmed this was in accordance with an order by President Donald Trump. Jester also asked that Arkansans continue praying for the Kirk family.
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Kirk, a 31-year-old husband, father, conservative activist, and Turning Point USA founder, was shot while speaking on the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday.
“Charlie Kirk was a father, a husband, and my age,” Jester said in part. “His young son was born only a few days after my one-year-old daughter.”
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Trump’s order has flags at half-staff through sunset on Sept. 14.
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